National Tree Week will be launched in Chiswick by actress Susan Hampshire, this paper announced in November 1983. The tree council selected Eastbury Grove, a small street on the Glebe Estate as one of London's two national launch pads for the week. Residents of Eastbury Grove sponsored the planting of 13 hawthorn trees through a special scheme introduced by Houslow council. From there the scheme took off. David Bellamy the Conservation Foundation and the Tree Council all offered active encouragement and support. Chiswick Wildlife Group also contributed about 100 trees on the Gunnersbury roundabout.
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